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Indian-American writer Reema Ray’s debut novel, Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls, became the #1 best-selling humorous fiction book on Amazon soon after its release. What else! The novel was recently listed among the Top 10 Best Cozy Mysteries of the Year by Reader’s Digest and the critically acclaimed site Goodreads. It also won a 2022 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal in the Humour/Comedy category.
Growing up in culturally rich countries as diverse as Kuwait, Qatar, India, the Philippines, Japan, Canada, and the United States, Indian-American writer and professor Reema Ray has had many adventures.
In the early nineties, Rima’s family experienced the first Gulf War in Kuwait, where they were airlifted by the Indian government; an event that later became the subject of the hit Bollywood film Airlift starring superstar Akshay Kumar.
Rima also survived the triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster) in Japan in 2011. She was working on the 11th floor of her office building in Tokyo when a magnitude 9 earthquake struck.
These and more experiences and atmospheres are captured in her award-winning bestselling debut comedy-mystery novel, Ruby Roy and the Falls Murder, with its quirky and relatable character Ruby Roy, based on Rima Ray herself.
Ruby’s main character is a goofy but lovable big-time professor-turned-amateur with a wayward imagination heavily influenced by movies and pop culture. As a fanatic of murder mystery books, Ruby’s world is turned upside down when she discovers a shocking murder on her college campus. This prompts her to throw herself into the action she loved most in detective series and novels.
As an author, Reema infuses her love of Bollywood, Disney, Marvel and the modern world through Ruby Roy, who has Bengali Indian roots. There are many cultural references to Hindu rituals, Bollywood and Hollywood celebrities as the story takes unpredictable turns leading to an action-packed climax set against the backdrop of New York’s imposing Niagara Falls.
The novel features an incredibly diverse cast of characters hailing from Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and North American backgrounds and cultures, and some also represent minority and LGBTQIA communities.
After the success of ‘Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls’, Reema is currently working on two more books titled ‘Ruby Roy and the Hawaiian Mystery’ and ‘Ruby Roy and the Fishy Affair in Kolkata’, which will give Ruby a boost Roy mystery series.
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